The Greatest Adventurer: From the Wilds of Africa to a Billion Dollar Travel Empire

There are few people on Earth who have lived as close to the edge as Geoffrey Kent. Known for building the billion-dollar empire Abercrombie & Kent from a single Land Rover in the African bush, Kent is one part James Bond, two parts Indiana Jones—a man who pushed the boundaries of exploration on a personal quest to save the natural world through travel.

“Shoot with a camera, not with a gun.”

Kent is an explorer in the classical mold. At sixteen, he became the first person to drive the length...